Giving baby meds

Re: Giving baby meds

• =Lee=B member

  June 2013

  I lie mine flat on her back and then put the syringe at the very back of tongue off the side a bit.  Then I shoot all 0.8ml in at once. this causes her to swallow.  Since it is far enough back she can't push it forward with tongue.

   I used to give 2ml at a time and let her swallow but it was little enough she would manage to push it forward...if I quickly squirt it all she instinctively swallows.  She does give a wide-eyed gag with the swallow but always quickly recovers and is all smiles...it's much mellower a gag then the ones the reflux itself causes!

   

   

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• Bizzy80 member

  June 2013

  We put DD's medicine right into a bottle nipple and just let her suck it out of there.  Works like a charm with no spills. Not sure if that would work though if LO doesn't like the taste but you could give it a try.

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• ClandestineX member

  June 2013

  I put it in the back of his mouth in his cheek "pocket" and it causes him to swallow, I don't do a lot at once cause he will choke.

  Also like the previous poster said, in a nipple, it works well. 

   

   

  
  

  
  

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• brandi6102

  June 2013

  You can also blow in their face. Just a quick gentle blow. This MAKES them swallow. The nurses taught me this when my DS1 was in the hospital. You still only want to do small amounts of meds at a time though.

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• CrazyMary77 member

  June 2013

  brandi6102:

  You can also blow in their face. Just a quick gentle blow. This MAKES them swallow. The nurses taught me this when my DS1 was in the hospital. You still only want to do small amounts of meds at a time though.

  Interesting that you say this because while I was giving her the meds this morning, she was crying and seemed to be getting hot, so I blew gently on the side of her face with the intention of cooling her off, and she swallowed. So I kept doing this with each little bit I gave her, and it worked quite well.

  
  

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• ohlordy member

  June 2013

  brandi6102:

  You can also blow in their face. Just a quick gentle blow. This MAKES them swallow. The nurses taught me this when my DS1 was in the hospital. You still only want to do small amounts of meds at a time though.

  This. When DD was in the hospital, she drooled the contents of the nipple out, so one of the nurses blew a little puff n her face and she swallowed everything. It worked consistently for a month while giving her 3 types of vitamins a day.  

  
  
  

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• huskies09

  June 2013

  Back of the mouth in their cheek. Little bit at a time (I only do about 0.2-0.3mL at a time). Blowing gently in their face also works. This is what I do when I medicate babies at work and with my LO. 

  

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• NicoleSB80 member

  June 2013

  Bizzy80:

  We put DD's medicine right into a bottle nipple and just let her suck it out of there.nbsp; Works like a charm with no spills. Not sure if that would work though if LO doesn't like the taste but you could give it a try.

  
  
  This or they sell little tiny bottles just for medicine

  

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• nicoleh55 member

  June 2013

  ClandestineX:

  I put it in the back of his mouth in his cheek "pocket" and it causes him to swallow, I don't do a lot at once cause he will choke.Also like the previous poster said, in a nipple, it works well.nbsp;

  
  
  This. My LO has been on meds since we left the hospital, he is 5 weeks now. And have just done a little at a time and put it on the back of his cheek.

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